The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-07-20

held on his German Hill farm last
week. The machine worked splendid.
ly, wading through the heavy wheat
with apparent ease, and keeping two
men busy as nailers gathering sheaves.
We hope to see more of these ma.
chimes in the county in a few years,
and will if our farmers continue in
their present prosperity.
Forest fires are raging to an
alarming extent in Erie and Warren
counties, owing to the protracted dry
weather. Mill Village, in Erie couu.
ty, was surrounded by FIRE, and only
by the most strenuous efforts was the
town saved. Along the Phila. & Erie
railroad, between Sheffield and Kane
the destruction is quite heavy. An
immense fire is reported near Garfield,
Warren county, which is running much
timber, and greatly endangeriug the
oil wells in that locality.
"A very interesting relic has come
into our possession in the shape Of an
aged paper, called the Ulster County
Gazette, printed in Ulster county, N.
Y, on the 4th day of January, 1900.
1t is dressed in mourning over the
death of George Washington, nearly
the entire paper being devoted to that
subject. Among other queer adver.
tisements is one which offers for sale
GA Stout, Healthy, Active Negro
Wench," and directs "any person in.
clined to purchase, to John Schoon.
maker, Jun, at Rochester"
The extreme dry weather is be.
coming matter of serious alarm
throughout the country, and crops
everywhere are suffering terribly, in
many cases being totally ruined. Corn
is willing and shriveliDg up, while
oats are fast turning, although in
some instances scarcely half filed.
1t will require a great deal of rain to
save the potatoes, which are fast DIV.
ing. Fruit has come to almost stand
still and is falling from the trees by
the bushels. 1t is the severest drought
this country has experienced for many
years, not having had soaking rain
for two months.
-Pleasantville correspondence to
Titusville Ctizen: H. j. Hopkins is
wearing pleasant smile as be passes
the cigars around among his friends.
He is the happy father of an infant
daughter. Mother and child are do.
ing nicely.-J. j. Haight, of the
Cooper tract is down looking after his
oil interests at Shamburg. Mr.. Haight
is practical oil operator of many
years experience, and in his judgment,
this is one of the cheapest and most
profitable fields to operate in the oil
country at the present time. He
backs his favorable opinions by invest.
ments at Shamburg.
-Wenk's location of the Carnahan
Bros. new we'll on Glands of Calvin G.
Hinkley" recalls to the remem brance
of hundreds, the chemically altered
deed, and the recording of the same,
which caused an interesting case or
two in our courts some years ago.
Democrat.
This must have been something on
the principle of the notorious case of
the forged naturalization papers some
of which were colored with coffee, to
give them the appearance of age, in
that "wretched apology for hotel at
Phillipsburg," kept by Kepler. How
one thing will bring up another, as
the fellow said when he took the emetic.
The register and recorder has
supplied the city recorder, aldermen
and justices of the peace with blanks
for taking out marriage licenses. This
will obviate the necessity of making a
trip to the county seat. 1t is only
necessary to repair to the nearest JUS
tice Office and make the necessary
statements in order to obtain full per.
mission to wed. This should check
the matrimonial rush over our neigh.
boring border and increase the pin
money that falls to Pennsylvania cler.
gymen's wives BRzzard. Register
Shawkey has similar blanks ready for
distribution TO the Justices of this
county, who should make application
at once, as there's no telin' how soon
matrimonial cyclone will strike the
community.
The Derrick sent man to the
spot who makes the following report
relative to the Carnahan we'll: "The